Oak Ridge Symphony String Quartet to perform Saturday

This Saturday (Feb. 23) at 7:30 p.m., the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association's Chamber Music Series presents the Oak Ridge Symphony String Quartet at the Pollard auditorium.

This Saturday (Feb. 23) at 7:30 p.m., the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association's Chamber Music Series presents the Oak Ridge Symphony String Quartet at the Pollard auditorium.

The Oak Ridge String Quartet reached criticality in the fall of 2009, formed to play the Isotone Concert that was a tribute to physicist Richard Feynman. The chain reaction that followed continues to wow audiences in Oak Ridge and throughout Tennessee with exciting performances of unique as well as traditional string quartet repertoire. In coming seasons, the quartet looks forward to deploying as an ambassador for ORCMA.

Karen Kartal, violin, has won first prize in National Chamber Music Competitions. She has performed with orchestras in Taiwan, Japan and Italy's Spoleto Festival, as well as throughout the United States, including New York's Lincoln Center.

Violinist Susan Eddlemon has performed as concertmaster, chamber musician, and soloist in Canada and the U.S., including two Carnegie Recital Hall performances.

Sara Matayoshi, viola, has performed at various festivals including Spoleto U.S.A., and most recently as a member of the Juventas New Music Ensemble and SKY piano trio.

Ihsan Kartal, cello, studied in Turkey and the Paris Conservatory, and has been a frequent soloist and recitalist in his native country as well as in Italy, Germany, France, and here in the United States.

Their program includes Prokofiev's “String Quartet No. 2,” and Schumann's “String Quartet No. 2,” written 100 years earlier, both in the key of F major. Other works on the program are “Langsamer Satz” by Anton Webern and “Four for Tango” by Astor Piazzola.

All ORCMA Chamber Series concerts are sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission.

For ticket information, visit the ORCMA website at www.orcma.org or call the ORCMA office at (865) 483-5569. Reserved seat tickets are $25 ($12 for students). Becky Ball's program notes for the concert are on the ORCMA website